Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Speaking exercise

I caught a late flight back to Shanghai

It was full with people
I think the number of people flying from BJ to SH are more than those who to to Guizhou. / more people fly to BJ than to Guizhou

I thought the number of business travelers was not more than people who traveled for leisure->I thought there were more business travelers than leisure travelers

The business population is higher so the focus is on work it seems.

I really like Guizhou. The air quality is clean -> the air is clean/fresh / the air quality is high

Guizhou has the cleanest and freshest air in China.
The price in Guizhou is cheap / cost of living in Guizhou is cheap

people are kindful -> people are kind.

I hope to visit there after one or 2 years -> I hope to go back after 1 or 2 years / I hope to visit Guizhou again

We didn’t want to queue for popular restaurants  / internet celebrity restaurant  / restaurants opened by influencers. 

it must have a machine and that machine could speak with a cute voice.
The robot rang our bell and said has arrived we opened the robot to get our delivery 6 to 8 times.

They couldn’t stand it anymore and used a tray to send the food to our room and asked how many we were.

he asked all the food you can eat? why you bought so many?
-> he asked us if we could finish the food? 

technology has changed the way people travel
I am a fan of lonely planet  / it is a book on how to travel on a budget 

I bought a lonely planet book on Guizhou and I found a lot of messages, some were helpful.

Customs you need to follow , Guizhou has many minorities

When I combine with XHJ or compared searching with social media I found some of the restaurants and entertainment info were out of date

We found senior travelers they used short video platforms to search for the latest news and young travelers used XHS to get information.

My PE teacher taught me math (joke)

The data of chat GPT is limited to data before 2021 and it has a lot of fake messages.
It showed wrong messages.

I am looking forward to AI travel assistants   / I am looking forward to traveling with AI assistants 

A bus numbered 42 passed by me.
the first time I brought 42 back home I was also on the bus n42.

I often encounter n42 in my life, the first time I brought 42 back home I was also on the bus n42 and this time as I was in BJ I also noticed a bus numbered 42 pass by me

  1. You won’t believe this: a bus numbered 42 drove by me earlier, and it totally brought back memories of when I first brought 42 back home on a bus with that same number.
  2. I saw a bus numbered 42 today, and it made me think of the time I brought 42 back home on a bus with the same number in a different city.
  3. Today, while I was out, a bus numbered 42 passed by me, and it took me back to when I brought 42 back home for the first time on a bus with that same number in another city.

I wouldn’t have realized to tell chat GPT those are 2 different buses and second and in the past I never asked chat GPT to use a natural way to respond.  / to respond the way people speak naturally.

If you don’t go to bed at 11 she will fight with you until you go to bed.

People call Shanghai modern and fashionable. I saw places under construction
It wasn’t clean nor organized like during the olympics.

When I went back to Shanghai

Exhibitions are a big business in SH , they are very commercial.
There are places which are free for visitors / free to visit both for art or cultural exhibitions

in the past

looking forward to doing something / look forward to +N / + VIng

Vocabulary

slash (n/v) : cut with a sword / knife
I slashed the fruits in the game
I have a small slash mark on my wrist

slap (n/v) hit with a hand
I slapped him after what he said

under construction : being built
Many places were under construction

succinct (adj) short
I asked GPT for a succinct answer

remote
(n) controller
I used the remote to turn on the AC

Business travelers: individuals who travel for work-related purposes.
John is a business traveler who flies to different cities for meetings.

Leisure travelers: individuals who travel for recreational purposes.
The beach resort is popular among leisure travelers who want to relax.

Minority (n) people who are not part of the Han ethnic majority in China.
The Miao people are a minority group in Guizhou.

Cost of living (n): the amount of money needed to cover basic expenses in a specific location.
The cost of living in New York City is higher than in rural areas.

red eye flight (n) is a flight that leaves in the evening or at night, and arrives at the end destination during the day
I took a red eye flight and arrived in Germany the next morning